Wednesday, March 13, 2013

13/03/13: Irish Sea Board aquaculture scheme; plant-based salmon feeds and digestion; we're at VIV Asia

The Irish Sea Fisheries Board is inviting applicants for its commercial aquaculture development scheme. The scheme is designed to promote the commercial development of aquaculture on a basis which is financially, technically and environmentally sustainable. It is open to SMEs engaged in commercial aquaculture.

Feeding fish with plant-based raw materials has been shown to have a negative effect on Atlantic salmon’s ability to digest fats. Studies of the fatty acid binding protein Fabp2 and its location in salmon and trout give grounds for hope that breeding can enable salmon fish to adapt to vegetable feed in the future.
Fredrik Venold's PhD research shows that Fabp2 is primarily located in the intestinal cells, but that this fatty acid transporter also occurs in lower concentrations in other tissues and in both cytoplasm and the cell nucleus.

Two of the International Aquafeed magazine team are in Bangkok for VIV Asia. If you are at the show, come and see us on stand H105 B051. If you're not there, check our blog for updates throughout the show.
International Aquafeed publisher, Roger Gilbert is hosting the ‘CropTech-FeedTech 2013’ seminar titled, Digital Engineering in Feed Manufacturing. The seminar is aimed at those working in the area of mill technology and aims at providing background information on intelligent solutions that have been introduced to address processing chain dilemmas.
“What’s unique for our industry about this event is it’s format,” says Roger Gilbert. “There will be seven or eight very short presentations made by supply companies that have developed products either using or that use digital technologies to improve the feed manufacturing process.
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Salmon eggs in different stages of development...
Salmon eggs in different stages of development. In some only a few cells grow on top of the yolk, in the lower right the blood vessels surround the yolk and in the upper left the black eyes are visible, even the little lens. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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